Circular visualisation of historical migration in England in the long eighteenth-century.

ABSTRACT: Migration is a central component of both individual life-courses and macro-level demographic systems. In the absence of population registers and other surveillance systems, however, it is often difficult to measure. This is especially the case in historical populations. Compared to measures of fertility, nuptiality and mortality, then, migration processes are rather less studied. Recent studies in the English historical context have challenged long standing theoretical constructs concerning the relationship between migration and modernisation; gender and distance travelled; motivation for movement and the very nature of the movers themselves. Using a set of marriage registers for a large, agricultural county, this study explores intra-county migration among a predominantly young population

SUBMITTER: Gietel-Basten S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7689171 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature